Water elevator and purifier.



PATENTED MAR. 28, 1905. J. SELLS. WATER ELEVATOR AND PURIFIER.

APPLICATION FILED DEG.6,1904.

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UNITED STATES Patented March 28, 1905.

PATENT OFFICE.

WATER ELEVATOR AND PURIFIER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 786,165, dated March 28, 1905.

Application filedDecemher 6, 190A. Serial No. 235,701.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it knownthat I, JAMES B. SELLS, a citizen of the Unlted States, residlng at Greensboro,

Carolina, have invented new and useful Improvements in Water Elevators and Purifiers, of which the following is a specification.

Mzy invention relates to certain improvements in Windlass water-elevators, the object of the same being to provide a simple, cheap, and efiective device for raising and at the same time aerating the water raised thereby.

The invention forming the subject-matter of this application includes novel construction of the hoisting apparatus and the buckets operated thereby, such buckets having within thesame chambers with converging Walls and vents for the escape of air for aerating and thereby purifying the water, as will be hereinafter set forth.

In the accompanying drawings, which illustrate my invention, Figure 1 is a front elevation, partly broken away, of a well-casing and attachments therefor made in accord with my invention. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of one of the buckets partly in section. Fig. 4 is a detail perspective View of one of the spouts and the hook above the same for engagement with the bucket, and Fig. 5 a sectional detail view.

The well casing or box Amay be of any suitable construction, and to the two sides, which are at right angles to the front, there are attached combined troughs and spouts, the spouts Z) extending through the front of the casing. The troughs B are nailed or otherwise attached to the sides of the wellbox A, and the side farthest from the wall of Fig. 2 is a vertical section.

buckets are raised the hooks will be in position to engage the buckets and tilt the same so that the contents will be discharged into in the county of Guilford and State of North the troughs. It will be noted that the spouts of each trough project through the front of the casing or well-box.

The well box or casing A supports bearings for a shaft D, so that such shaft will be maintained by the bearings centrally within the casing and at right angles to the front and rear walls thereof. The front end of the shaft projects beyond the front wall and carries a crank-handle D. Upon the shaft within the casing is a wheel E, having a peripheral V- shaped groove 6, with side flanges at intervals to afford a grip upon the rope or chain which is passed over the wheel. The wheel E has on the front side a ratchet-wheel E, which is engaged by a double-acting and reversible pawl F, mounted on the upward-extended portion of the front bearing for the shaft. The pawl F is mounted on a bar which extends through the casing, the projecting end of the bar having a handle for shifting the pawl, so that the detents thereof may be placed to permit the pulley or wheel to be turned in either direction.

With the construction shown I employ a continuous rope or chain G, one end thereof being permanently fastened to one side of the well-box. The rope or chain extends clownward, is passed over a pulley attached to the hail of one of the pails, thence upward over the upper half of the wheel E, and then downward about the pulley on the bail of the other bucket, from which it extends upward and is secured to the casing in such a manner that it can be adjusted to suit the level of the water in the well. In some localities the waterlevel is not constant, and by providing means for lengtheningand shortening the rope an objectionable feature to this type of water-elevators is overcome. The buckets H H, which are raised and lowered by the rope when the handle D is turned, are each provided with chambers I, made of metal and attached to the inner sides of the buckets so that the wider open ends will be on a line with the upper edge thereof. The chambers I fit snugly against the inner portion of the bucket, and

edge of the chamber I wear at this point is pre-' vented.

The arrangements of the parts is such that a comparatively small well box or casing may be used with large buckets, and the diameter of the wheel or pulleyds such as to afford clearance for the buckets in passing one another. 7 If desired a brake maybe used in connection with the fixture shown and described.

In combination with a water-elevator mechanism, a well-bucket having a bail, a supplemental chamber attached to the inner side of the bucket, such chamber extending from the rim of the bucket and converging toward the bottom of the same, the smaller end thereof having a vent, substantially as shown.

' JAMES B. SELLS.

Witnesses:

T. P. RoBI'rEN, S. "D. OVISTON. 

